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If there is one thing my mom can make, and make really good, it’s cookies. Today I have Mom’s Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies for you… They are the Best Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies Around!
She makes them one hundred times better than I could ever make them. I am positive it is because of the love she puts into every single individual cookie. Cheesy? Yes, but it is true. She takes the time to hand place the chocolate chips just to make sure every cookie has an acceptable amount. And while she can burn a loaf of bread like nothing, she never burns her cookies. Ok well, almost never. This is my mom we are talking about.
I am pretty sure that all six of my siblings would agree that mom is the very best cookie maker. And yeah, I am aware of the fact that a lot of kids probably feel this way about their moms. I get it, mom’s food just always tastes better.
BUT these cookies ARE better. I have never seen an oatmeal cookie recipe like it.
I actually was not planning on talking about these cookies today, but ever since this post I have had a ton of requests for the recipe. So when I when I woke up to a good foot and half of snow yesterday morning (no seriously that is no exaggeration and now it is over two feet with another foot expected!), I knew it was a cookie baking kind of day.
I mean, I even had these really crazy milkshakes all ready to go for today, but cookies just seemed like a better idea. For one, they are warm and that right there just sounds way better to me right now.
In full disclosure this is not really mom’s recipe. Her high school friend Lora gave her the recipe a long while back and she has been making them for us since she was nineteen. <– Yup, my mom was one of those teenage moms, but I am happy to say that my parents beat the statics and have been together since my mom was fifteen. That is so crazy.
Oh, and by the time my mom was twenty she had two kids, a husband and was still going to school full-time. Can not even imagine how she did it, but she did and she still managed to make a new batch of cookies every other day. And I do mean every other day. Chocolate freaks over here.
If you know my parents than you know they have a system when it comes to getting food on the table. Dad does dinner, mom does dessert. It worked for them and for us kids, thankfully (if mom had her way we would have been eating angel hair pasta with butter and salt every single night).
So that is how it worked, but ever since I started the blog there has been endless amounts of desserts around at pretty much all times. Oatmeal cookies have sadly become a thing of the past. This is the down fall of always having to try new desserts, you never get to make the ones you love twice.
Except for yesterday of course.
I gotta say, it felt good just to make an old and trusty recipe. One that I knew was going to turn out and not explode in my oven leaving me with a mess that I would probably have just left there and let burn away instead of actually cleaning the oven. Yeah, I do that all the time which is probably why all ovens hate me.
This is a recipe that never fails. Never, ever, ever fails. No matter where I am or at what elevation (trust me, elevation can be a pain in the butt) and no mater what oven I use, it always works. You can make them into cookie bars and even make them a tinsy bit healthier like I did here. Either way they will turn out delicious. The bars tend to be a little more crumbly than the cookies, but it does not matter. The texture is always spot on. Ok, well I mean, you shouldn’t over bake them. Under bake them? Sure, that is good (love an under baked cookie). But just do not over bake them. Any over baked cookie is not good and while I do think these are magic, they do not have super powers that can make an over baked cookie taste good.
That would pretty cool if they did though, right?
I know that it is Friday and baking may be the last thing on your mind. Trust me, I know the feeling and the couch is so calling my name, but these cookies need to be made today. Especially if it is cold and snowing like it is here. Every time I glance outside, the snow just gets higher and higher. All the more reason to stay inside and bake cookies if you ask me.
Plus, these are the most no-fuss, homemade, from scratch cookies you will ever encounter. Dump all the ingredients (minus the chocolate chips) into one bowl all at once. Beat them together and then stir in the chocolate chips. Use your hands to squeeze the dough into balls, bake and ten minutes later you will have the most amazing oatmeal chocolate chip cookies ever. No chilling, not weird ingredients and barely any time spent to make them.
Honestly, you could not pick a better thing to make today other than my Mom’s Simple Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Ok, well you could make them for Super Bowl Sunday too. Or better yet just do both. Yes, do both!
The Best Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Around.
Servings: 27 OF THE BEST OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Calories Per Serving: 260 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup canola oil use a little more if dough seems is too dry
- 2 large eggs
- 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips or chocolate chunks + more if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with a silpat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer add the oatmeal, flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, canola oil, eggs and vanilla, beat until the dough is moist and all the ingredients are combined. The dough will be crumbly. Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Using your hands clump together a tablespoon of dough. Use you hands to really squeeze the dough into a ball. If the mixture is not holding add 1 tablespoon more of oil. Place on prepared baking sheet. If your balls are a little crumbly do not worry, they will come together while baking. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 10 -12 minutes or until set and golden. These are best right out of the oven, so eat up!
Oh, and a lot of times I swap the chocolate chips for chocolate chunks… just because I can… and they rule.
This post was originally published on January 31, 2014
I just made these the other day and they were delicious! I didn’t have any chocolate chips so I used M&Ms and it turned out amazing! Thank you so much!
M&M’s! YUM! Thanks Margaret! So happy you loved these!
Made these for movie nite last night for Johnny & I watching blue jasmine after a Mars Attacks warm- up!
Did you ever try lining the oven floor with aluminum foil to catch food explosions?
Loved your blog! I am a former high school physics teacher — I am so impressed by you !! If you ever need fixiz help, I’d be glad to help.
Your blog pal,
Lydia
Thank you so much, Lydia!!
Can I use unsalted butter?mrcds_ If so, how much?
I have never used butter with this, but I would use equal amounts of butter to oil. But melt the butter first. Hope it works for you!
Hi! I’m a little late, but I just made these and they are SO GOOD. I loooove the coconut oil. Also, I did add some melted butter at the end because I didn’t have enough coconut oil, and it worked out just fine. 🙂
So happy you loved these and the coconut oil works great doesn’t it?
Thanks Meg!
These look amazing Tieghan – hugs to your mum and you for sharing these gems!
Thank you, Shashi!
I made these earlier this week, very yummy! I just couldn’t make it through baking the entire batch though because the dough was so crumbly. I know you said that’s normal, but it was so crumbly and fiddly that my patience just couldn’t handle it! It was already oily enough so I didn’t want to add any more oil. The cookies that I did bake though were very delicious! 🙂
Oh man! Very happy you loved them, but you can also bake the cookies into bars and skip the rolling process.
Thanks so much!
I found this recipe today and decided I had to have these cookies right then. The only thing I didn’t have on hand was old fashioned oats, I used instant oats… Luckily, I stopped at half the amount of coconut oil to see what the texture would be like and it was actually too much! They were super greasy but actually baked alright and tasted delicious.
I wouldn’t use instant oats next time, they throw everything off. I will definitely try them again with rolled oats. Thank you for sharing, they were awesome!
So happy you loved these! Thanks Nadia!!
Tieghan, these look delicious and just what I have been looking for in an oatmeal cookie! Do you think using the instant oatmeal would make a difference? Thanks, Rosemerry
Hmm, I am not sure. I have made them with instant in a pinch, but to be honest I cannot remember the outcome. I know we ate them, but I am not sure about the texture. I still think they would taste delicious though!
Let me know and I hope you love these!
hi, the difference with instant oatmeal is that they are cut up into tiny flakes and are not whole oats which are much bigger and give more texture and bite to the cookies. With the whole oats you get alot more crunch to it. Using instant oatmeal u will still get edible cookies but you wont be able to taste the awesomeness of these cookies!
These look amazing. Have you ever tried making them with butter?
Thanks April! I have never tried them with butter, but only because I think oil is what makes these cookies.
Hope you get to try them!
I can’t resist a good oatmeal and chocolate chip cookie.
Baking is the FIRST thing on my mind on Fridays! And, actually, on all days. I love the texture of these. Super chewy delicious.
Friday baking the best. I love it!
Thanks Joanne!
I love that this recipe uses no butter! I’m going to try it with coconut oil and big chocolate chunks.
Thanks hope you love them!
I am so glad I pinned this….and then actually read the whole post instead of just speeding to the recipe.
I had my oldest son when I was just 18 and his father 21. We are still together….working on year 16 at the moment.
Two more kiddos later and lots of learning in the kitchen, I am now the mom that makes so many cookies my kids don’t even ask to lick the beater anymore.
Congrats on coming from a rad family. It’s nice to know you come from a family tough enough to beat statistics, isn’t it?!
I’m making these cookies stat.
Awe! I have to share this with my mom. THANK YOU and congrats on 16 years that is amazing!!
Thanks so much for reading!
You mentioned brown sugar in the instructions but I don’t se them on the ingredient list. Can you advise?! Thanks!
Hey Laura, the brown sugar is in there, but you just need 1 cup. Hope you love these! 🙂
That extra love ingredient really does make a difference. 🙂 These look scrumptious!
It so does!
Thank you, Stephanie!
Sometimes Mom’s food is just the best and it’s always nice to make a reliable recipe every once in a while. Those fails take their toll! I love a good oatmeal chocolate chip cookies packed with chips.!
The fails do take their tolls!!
Thanks Cindy! Hope you are settling into your new home!